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Continue reading →: PersuasionPersuasion has a bad reputation, but that’s not her fault. In reality it’s nobody’s fault, and the negative or positive meanings that some words awaken in us have little to do with the words themselves. They have to do instead with the meanings that have been built, sometimes over centuries,…
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Continue reading →: Do Not ImagineReflections on “The Path” At the end of the book Silo’s Message, there is a section called “The Path” in which we find very short phrases suggesting a mental direction. Among these phrases are three that begin the same way, with the words “Do not imagine…”: “Do not imagine that you…
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Continue reading →: ReconciliationThe theme of violence and vengeance is a fairly heavy one, but at the same time it creates the space for me to ask myself, “How do I get out of this mess?” No matter how much I’d like to offer the other cheek, I am not completely convinced of…
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Continue reading →: InvolutionThe process opposed to evolution is involution. One characteristic of involution is a low level approach to dealing with everything. Right now, institutions, politics, economics and even spiritual currents work with what is minimally accepted, also known as the lowest common denominator. The great problem is that in this situation,…
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Continue reading →: WillingnessApril 25, 2026 From time to time, I find myself thinking about concepts that are common but seldom used. One of them is what we call “willingness.” Interestingly, the dictionary definition and etymology of the word explain its origins quite well, as well as the fact that it is something innate.…
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Continue reading →: Vengeance“Let us save man from vengeance, preparing the way for the new humanity that is approaching.” This sentence has been forever engraved in my memory since I first read it, more than fifty years ago. I still remember it word for word, and it is still one of those themes…
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Continue reading →: FreedomFebruary 2, 2026 In January 1969, Silo gave a short talk in Quintero, a small coastal town in Chile. These were his words at the beginning of the talk: “Learn well what I am going to tell you: there are no good human beings or bad human beings. Where there is…
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Continue reading →: Spirituality“THE SPIRIT IS THE NEW PRINCIPLE IN THE HUMAN BEING”. SILO “According to the life we live: If it is centrifugal, it will have a basic structure without development. If it is centripetal, the spirit will evolve without limits and you will obtain what you want.” The concept of “spirituality” is…
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Continue reading →: Human NatureThe conversation that got me thinking about this was one of those typical conversations that focus on moral errors and indiscretions as a product of what is termed “human nature.” People often talk about how little can be expected from our selfish, cruel, malicious human nature. And the truth is…
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Continue reading →: The Spirit and OppressionTHE SPIRIT AND OPPRESSION BY SILO In Valparaiso there was a meeting of “right-thinking” people who saw themselves as being winners, and who therefore clashed with Silo’s proclamation, which read: “My teaching is not for the victorious, but for those who carry failure in their hearts.” Then someone asked (in…
